Matt Hawkins
Chief Executive Officer +
Board Member
Matt Hawkins is Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Waystar (Nasdaq: WAY), a leading healthcare payment software company. He has dedicated his career to simplifying healthcare through mission-critical software, breaking down data silos, and harnessing the power of artificial intelligence.
Since Waystar’s founding in 2017, Matt has led the company to the center of the healthcare payments ecosystem. He guided Waystar through its 2019 acquisition by EQT and CPP Investments and its 2024 initial public offering, the nation’s largest healthcare and software IPO that year.
Today, Waystar’s AI-powered platform processes more than 7.5 billion transactions and more than $2.4 trillion in gross claims annually, serves more than one million providers, and enables organizations across every setting of care to simplify revenue cycle management, improve financial performance, and create a more transparent financial experience for patients.
Motivated by a belief that technology should eliminate complexity, Matt has focused the company’s innovation strategy on helping providers reduce administrative burdens and prioritize patient care. He has championed Waystar’s vision to build the industry’s first autonomous revenue cycle platform by combining agentic AI, deep workflow integration, and one of the industry’s largest proprietary healthcare payment datasets.
During Matt’s tenure as CEO, Waystar has earned recognition for innovation and client trust, including places on the TIME100 Most Influential Companies and Forbes’ Most Trusted Companies in America lists, the TIME Impact in AI Award, and more than a decade of Best in KLAS® wins. Numerous organizations have recognized Matt’s leadership, including The Healthcare Technology Report, Becker’s Hospital Review, and Utah Business, which named him a CEO of the Year.
Matt’s perspectives on AI and healthcare innovation have been featured in outlets including Bloomberg, CNBC, Forbes, FOX Business, Modern Healthcare, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal.
Before forming Waystar, Matt served as President of Sunquest Information Systems and held CEO and board roles at Greenway Health, Vitera Healthcare Solutions, and SirsiDynix while with Vista Equity Partners. Earlier in his career, he was a consultant at McKinsey & Company.
Matt earned a B.S. with University Honors from Brigham Young University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He believes that leadership is a privilege, that great teams accomplish extraordinary things, and that innovation is most powerful when paired with purpose.
